In every fairy tale, movie, story, and play there is always a ‘happily ever after’ but in not in this case. The star struck lovers, Romeo and Juliet, both from families who loathe each other, end up taking their lives because they rather die than live without one another. The play “Romeo and Juliet” written by, William Shakespeare, mainly focuses on how selfishness can lead to tragedy. The selfish personalities of the characters caused conflict, betrayal, and death. The feud between the Capulets and the Montagues was the major conflict throughout the play. The family feud between the Capulets and the Montagues made living in Verona difficult for everyone. Quarrels burst out in the village, causing destruction of property and the rivalry forbid …show more content…
association with another. The fights would evoke villagers and everyone would get involved (Shakespeare 770-874). When Friar Lawrence married Romeo and Juliet in private, it was very difficult for the newlyweds live in secrecy. Due to the feud they cannot see each other or have any interaction in public which resulted in sneaking around and messengers for one another such as the nurse or the Friar. Friar Lawrence marrying Romeo and Juliet was a bad Lilly 2 move. He thought if he married the young lovers, it would end the quarrel and he would be praised for being the man that ended the fight (Chang 1). Paris was so eager to marry Juliet, he went to her father instead of her. He assumes she would want to marry him because of his wealth and charms. Since the stubbornness of Lord Capulet forcing Juliet to marry Paris made everything worse. Juliet was forced to act quickly to make sure she does not get married to Paris when already married to Romeo. Lord Capulet threatened that if she did not obey him, he was throw her out into the streets. “Out you green sickness of rooin. Out you baggage! You tallow face,” (Shakespeare 839). Capulet is harassing his daughter to get his way. Lord Capulet even says, “my fingers itch,” which translates into him wanting to hit Juliet for not following his orders. This causes Juliet to react in a negative way by faking her death with the help of Friar Lawrence (Shakespeare 838-840). Betrayal is an often occurrence in this play. Romeo and Juliet go behind their family’s backs to be in love. They understand the hatred their blood has against one another, but yet continues with the relationship (Shakespeare 770-874). Even when, after Romeo and Juliet are married, Romeo kills Tybalt despite now knowing he became family and knowing his death will cause Juliet grief and anger. Romeo and Juliet both show treachery of their family after Tybalt’s death. Romeo murdered his cousin, which shows disloyalty to the family and Juliet forgives Romeo for killing her cousin, betraying her own flesh and blood for a boy she just met (Fabry 46). The nurse, meant to serve the Capulets and raise Juliet, helps Juliet with her Lilly 3 engagement to Romeo. The nurse knows the consequences of this relationship, yet she still goes on to be their secret messengers. The Capulets trust her but she keeps secrets from them such as Juliet being in love with a Montague (Dawden 53-54).
Instead of making sure Juliet is out of harm's way she pushes her onto the path. Lady Capulet shows no caring towards Juliet such as being uncertain of Juliet's precise age (Chang 1). Lady Capulet also insisted on Juliet marrying Paris because he is wealthy even though Juliet does not have any interest in him (Fabry 66). Throughout the play Lady Capulet was presented by only wanting money and not caring what she does to reach her goal. It is obvious that she married Lord Capulet for his wealth because clues are shown in the play about her being scornful of his age. Such as when her husband wants to fight Lord Montague and asks for his sword, but she suggests a crutch instead (Fabry 10). Lady Capulet is distant from Juliet and always sides with her husband. Even when Lord Capulet is threatening Juliet that he is going to hit her and throw her out of the house if she does not obey him, Lady Capulet still supports her husband's decision. Lady Capulet shows no emotion to her daughter, but when Juliet is dead, she is filled with sorrow (Fabry 10). The Prince isn't all innocent either. Yes, he does threaten the two families if there was any sort of fighting with each other the punishment will be death, but he never follows through with his orders, which continues the quarrel of the Capulets and Montagues. When Romeo kills Tybalt he is only exiled from the city, but when a crime such as murder has occurred the punishment is to be …show more content…
executed, but since the Prince is a Montague he only banishes him (Dawden 53-54). As a prince, you are suppose to make sacrifices for your kingdom. He went against the law and the townspeople's requests to Lilly 4 save his family. The prince does not show any responsibility in this situation, but he only chooses to have a blind eye to it since he is related to one of the family's. Many actions of the characters resulted in death. Romeo and Juliet are not in love with each other but are in love with the idea of love. (Chang 1). Romeo goes to Rosaline to Juliet in the matter of one night, yet claims he loved both of them. Juliet, still developing to become an adult, seems to be controlling Romeo and taking advantage of his yearning for love. (Brown 1 ) She seduces him which gives her an ability to have him follow her every move. “Romeos increased hunger makes him more receptive and more obedient,” (Brown 1). With Juliet being in love with the idea of love and having Romeo wrapped around her finger, causes a rushed relationship that ends in death. During Lord Capulet's party Tybalt spots Romeo and tells his uncle. Lord Capulet tells Tybalt to let it go, but he does not. The next day Tybalt searches for Romeo. Tybalt wants to kill Romeo, but Romeo refuses, so Mercutio steps in and gets himself murdered (Fabry 46). Romeo backing out of the challenge causes the wit and self absorbed Mercutio to step in and then blames Romeo for his death. Mercurio wanted to create a scene and so he did. Tybalt's actions backfire on him. Instead of letting go of his anger that he was advised to, he continues to instigate and then gets himself killed by Romeo. When Romeo hears about Juliet’s “passing” he goes to the apothecary to buy poison off of him. Knowing of the apothecary's financial issues Romeo bribes the poor man for a bottle of illegal poison which he then tries to kill himself with, but it causes another death (Fabry 65-66). His suicide affected his dear mother so deeply she died of heartbreak. Now Lord Montague is left alone in a household with no wife nor son Lilly 5 (Shakespeare 872-874).
Then Juliet awakes in the tomb and finds Romeo dead next to her. Friar Lawrence rushes into the tomb to find both Paris and Romeo dead along with Juliet sobbing over Romeo. He insists of Juliet coming with him to leave because the watch is coming, but she is too depressed to move. Friar Lawrence leaves Juliet alone in the tomb while knowing about her state of mind. “I dare not stay longer,” (Shakespeare 869). Knowing the love of Juliet's life is dead right in front of her, he still abandons her. She then also kills herself with Romeo's dagger to be with him. The acts of the characters in the play results in conflict, betrayal, and death. I feel if Romeo and Juliet told their parents about how deeply they love one another it might have worked out. Also, if the two families would get over their silly fight and talk it out, no one would have lost their lives. If everyone thought about each other instead of themselves the turnout would be much
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“Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare is a play about two lovers from different families that have an internal feud between them. It ends in both lovers, Romeo and Juliet, committing suicide as they could not openly live with each other. An important idea in this play is that of the impetuosity of youth and the rash decisions that young people may make. This idea is continuously brought up throughout the play and is explored through the concepts of overreacting and being blinded by anger, desperation in forbidden love and taking your life for love.
Juliet strategizes her disastrous plan and worries, “How if, when I am laid into the tomb, I wake before the time that Romeo come to redeem me?” (Lines 30-32 of Act Four, Scene Three). Juliet is desperate to see Romeo, ergo she plans to fake her death. Her thoughts of Romeo finding her lifeless foreshadows their future. Romeo is deprived of the news of Juliet’s real state of health, therefore he says, “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight. O mischief, thou art swift to enter the thoughts of desperate men!” (Lines 34-36 of Act Five, Scene One). Once again, Romeo’s perception is only focused on Juliet. His mental instability leads him to think Paris is in the way obtaining true happiness, thus he slays him. Romeo acquires poison, stands beside Juliet, and states, “Here’s to my love! (Drinks.) O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” (Lines 119-120 of Act Five, Scene Three). Romeo observes Juliet’s body and determines that he should die beside her. Juliet wakes to his lifeless body, and determines she should commit suicide, as well. Romeo’s foolish decisions lead to the death of himself and
Romantic love stories are often ended with a tragedy, because of loss of passion or a loved one. These tragedies are often the result of one person’s actions that ended someone’s life or love. In the Romeo and Juliet play written by William Shakespeare, two citizens of Verona come together and fall deeply in love. Unfortunately their love comes to an end, along with their lives, because of a misunderstanding and a persistent feud between their families. Although there are many characters in this play that have contributed to Romeo and Juliet’s death, Friar Laurence is the person most to blame.
Romeo and Juliet is set in an Italian city named Verona. Romeo is the son of of Montague, a powerful family patriarch, and Juliet is the daughter of Capulet, another powerful patriarch. There’s one problem with this. Capulet and Montague hate each other. There’s another problem. The story was set in a time where men were thought of as superior to women. It was not unusual for a father to marry his daughter to another man just for the political status. This makes it impossible for Romeo to marry Juliet peacefully. In today’s world, Capulet’s actions would not be regarded as good parenting, so that is why, in our eyes, Capulet seems like a bad father, but there is more to his bad side. He tried to marry Juliet off to a kinsman of the prince just for the political status, but his bad parenting also harmed Juliet in another way. He let his anger get the best of him in most cases, and by doing this, it made Juliet keep secret from him. So, by being stubborn, self-absorbed, and hot-tempered, he influenced Romeo and Juliet to kill themselves.
Since Lord Capulet and Lord Montague are in an unnecessary feud, Mercutio, Romeo, and Juliet have all lost their lives. This theme is important to the story because the unnecessary fighting is causing many casualties, and disturbing the peace of Verona. If the feud never existed, then Verona would have order, and the six people who died would still be alive. This fighting is the driving force between all of the negative events in the play.
and reckless in love and relationships. In this case, Romeo and Juliet do not fall under the odd. Shakespeare tells the great love story of the two young star-crossed lovers - Romeo and Juliet, ending with the tragic deaths of six people including the suicide of the two lovers. The decisions and actions that Romeo and Juliet have made reveals the overall theme Shakespeare was expressing - Young love is often more reckless and impulsive due to young people's rash decision making and the high level of zeal that they possess.
“Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare is a play about two lovers from different families that have an internal feud between them. It ends in both lovers, Romeo and Juliet, committing suicide as they could not openly live with each other. An important idea in this play is that of the impetuosity of youth and the rash decisions that young people may make. This idea is continuously brought up throughout the play and is explored through the concepts of overreacting and being blinded by anger, desperation in forbidden love and taking your life for love.
Romeo and Juliet: Five days to fall in love! Romeo and Juliet, love till death do us part. Romeo and Juliet, two people, from very distinctive families, fell in love. They had help from two people very dear to their hearts, but did the two people dearest to them, make the right decision? Friar Lawrence and The Nurse failed as God Teacher because they allowed Romeo and Juliet to get married, and in the process, helped them to go behind the backs of their parents to do so.
“Don’t waste your love on someone who doesn’t value it.” In the play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare exposes the life of two young lovers in the Renaissance period fighting for something they cannot live without; each other. Although fate takes its toll, the everlasting feud between two families, conditional love by parents, and the irresponsibility’s of father and mother like figure are the main causes in the death of Romeo and Juliet. The idea of love is something that is valued in this play from many different aspects of characters, lines, and scenes. Shakespeare leaves the minds of readers soaring over not why it happened, but who was at fault.
There are many forces in the tragic play of Romeo and Juliet that are keeping the two young, passionate lovers apart, all emanating from one main reason. In this essay I will discuss these as well as how love, in the end, may have been the cause that led to the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Their strong attraction to each other, which some call fate, determines where their forbidden love will take them.
Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, depicts an ancient feud ended by a pair of star-crossed lovers’ deaths. A lord and lady from warring families seek a forbidden love with guidance from a friar and nurse. Due to a tragic course of mischances and fateful errors, their attempt of eloping led the lovers to a tragic end. Because of rash decisions, the four characters are torn apart by miscalculating events and misunderstandings. Ultimately, the four characters encounter a heartbreaking ending, as a result of their hastiness.
The result is Romeo and Juliet murdering themselves and the play has a tragic ending. Overall, young, innocent lovers die, through no fault of their own but a simple mistake.
William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet tells the tragic story of two star-crossed lovers who belong to two opposite families: the Montagues and the Capulets. Romeo and Juliet; the protagonists meet at a party and instantly fall in love, they soon have the Friar perform for them a secret marriage. The play ends with Romeo and Juliet’s death this outcome is do to the protagonists’ free will.
Reckless actions lead to untimely deaths. In Shakespeare’s tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”, both protagonists fight for their hopeless love. Bloodshed and chaos appear inevitable in fair Verona; Romeo and Juliet come from enemy households, the Montegues and the Capulets, who have sworn to defeat one another. The young and handsome Romeo weeps over his unrequited love for Rosaline, until he lays his eyes on Juliet. Strong and independent, Juliet seeks to escape her family’s will to marry her off to Paris, a kinsman of the Prince. Fate ties these adolescents’ lives together binding them to witness the ill-fortunes of Romeo and Juliet’s love. Romeo and Juliet prove themselves woefully impulsive through their words and actions, which ultimately lead them along a series of unfortunate mishaps.
The feud between the Montagues and the Capulets causes the young couple to have to sneak around to one another. Broken family relationships in both families add stress since there are less people Romeo and Juliet can trust, and feel comfortable talking too. Miscommunication not only between Romeo and Juliet, but almost all the characters, affect the couple in a poor way because they are constantly being misinformed about one another. Romeo and Juliet may not like that they have been greatly impacted by all these factors but these actions are ultimately what shaped their lives, and affected how they lived them. This demonstrates how the influences around you can change the way you feel about certain things. If they had better family conditions, and ways to communicate, it is possible they could have lived their lives longer and